List of 9 members.

Nick Allen

Nick began his association with St. George's School in 1993 as a Grade 6 student and graduated in 2000. After graduating from UVic in 2005, Nick coached both rugby at the Junior and Senior school. He joined the staff has a teacher intern in 2008 and taught Socials and PE in 2009. In 2010, he left St. George's to teach at Collingwood School for 8 years. Nick is thrilled to return to teaching in the Social Studies department and coach rugby at St. George's. He is actively involved in refereeing both high school and club rugby in the community. Nick enjoys spending time with his wife, Caitlin and dog, Huey by hiking and going for runs.

Peter Jamieson

Aaron McLelland

Aaron is originally from New Zealand and has been playing rugby for 19 years. Since arriving in BC he has been coaching at St. George's for the past two years, while also coaching the BC Provincial U18 team and being involved in camps for the Canada U18 program. With his club, Aaron is the Director of Youth Development and skills coach for the Senior Mens Team.

As a player/coach, Aaron represents the UBCOB Ravens at fullback, most recently winning the BC Premiership and Canadian Club Championship titles. During the Canadian Club Championship tournament, he was named MVP. More recently, Aaron signed a contract with Canada's first professional franchise, the Toronto Arrows. He has played for the Canadian Maple Leaf 7's team and becomes fully eligible for Canada representation in July of 2019.

Aaron says "my passion for rugby is deeply ingrained in my coaching approach. I hope to provide a positive experience to promote long-term involvement, with what I consider the best sport for developing well rounded young men".

On the education front, he is currently studying towards his Masters in Sport Science and toward becoming a qualified PE teacher through UBC.

Wesley Paul

Wesley has played rugby his entire life. His earliest memory is running around in bare feet chasing a rugby ball and trying to avoid the cow pats. The passion that ignited as a five year old is still there today. While Wesley enjoys the physical and mental challenges that rugby presents, he also acknowledges the sense of community, security and responsibility that is needed to be successful. Wesley has coached many teams and is enjoying his time with the St. George's Grade 9 rugby program.

Mike Stiles

Head of Rugby and Coach: Mr. Stiles played his first game of rugby in Grade 6 when he lived on Vancouver Island. An avid football and basketball player all through junior and senior high school, he did not play rugby again until he moved to White Rock. Upon returning from his first rugby tour in 1989, Mike fell in love the game of rugby for its inclusiveness, camaraderie, physicality, and life lessons. He went on to play for several regional and provincial sides before attending the University of Victoria where he began coaching. In his 10th year at St. George’s School, Mike continues to seek ways to develop his teaching and coaching. This year, Mike is coaching the Grade 9 team in the fall and the senior team in the spring.

Bill Chamberlain

Assistant Senior Rugby Coach: Bill started playing rugby at the age of 12 in Victoria and last played at the U19 level. Once he joined St. George’s School in 2006, he began coaching at the Grade 8 level and has since been involved at every level from Grade 8-12 in both 15’s and 7’s and has been on 6 rugby tours to 7 different countries. Bill’s current coaching responsibilities are in the roll of the Forwards and team defense coach of the 1st XV. An experienced coach in many different sports, Bill has chosen to coach rugby because of the sheer enjoyment that comes from watching the boys physically and mentally put themselves on the line for each other with a common goal allowing for an opportunity to learn life lessons.

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Pat has coached at St. George’s for 35 years and some 50+ rugby seasons. He has worked with St. George’s players of all ages, from Grade 5 to the 1st XV and Senior Sevens. Other coaching experience includes numerous seasons with the UBC OB Ravens as coach of U-18 and Premier teams (1994 BC Champions); BC U-17, U-19, U-20 and Senior (2 western and 3 national championships); Canadian U-17, U-18 XV’s and Senior Sevens.

"As a player I really enjoyed representing St. George’s and many other teams and clubs. As a coach I find it really rewarding to help young players develop their passion for this exciting, international sport" -Pat Palmer

After St. George’s Pat went on to play for UBC, UBC OB Ravens, Vancouver, BC and Canada (1983-94; 2 World Cups and 9 Hong Kong Sevens appearances) He retired from Canada as the leading try scorer, but that record has since been eclipsed.

Jonathan Mergui

Jonathan comes from France where he started playing rugby at age 15 for his hometown of Carqueiranne. He went on to play at University level and semi-professionnally for the club of Annecy in the Fédérale division. This is Jonathan’s 3rd year coaching rugby at St. George's and he will be coaching Grade 9 in the fall and Grade 10 in the spring.

He believes that coaching is the perfect complement to teaching and allows him to reach students in a different environment where there is no mark expectation but just the desire to compete and play the best of their abilities. Rugby is the perfect avenue to mentor and form bonds with students by inspiring them and involving the core values in a way only sport can. Jonathan has his level 2 coaching and referee certification and is currently starting his 11th season as a player of the Vancouver Rowing Club.

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Ian’s first experience with the game of rugby began as a student at St. George’s School. Since then, he has continued to be involved in the sport through university and into his teaching career, allowing him to travel the world. Ian has coached at St. George’s for the last 4 years and has worked with programs in the Junior and Senior Schools. He believes the lessons learned in rugby allow students to learn and develop essential life skills that will benefit them on and off the field. This year, Ian will be coaching the Grade 8 team in the fall term.

Founded in 1930, St. George's School is a world-class boys' university preparatory school, offering a day program in Grades 1-12 and an Urban Boarding program in Grades 8-12. With 1160 students, 110 of whom are boarders from over 20 countries worldwide, St. George’s School is a vibrant community committed to authentic learning.